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Give horses shelter August 9, 2005 Dear Sir, I read with interest and I might add, sadness, at the comments made by owners of the carriage horses on Front Street in your paper last week, defending the use of carriage horses being used for a ten-hour ...

Ad was distasteful August 9, 2005 Dear Sir, After reading today?s , I am horrified that you would accept an advertisement that is both offensive and distasteful to so many people in Bermuda. The advertisement, seemingly unaware of correct punctuatio...

Another day, another tropical storm warning. This week, Bermudians were warned that Tropical Storm Irene was a potential threat to Bermuda, although it now seems likely she will swing west and could ultimately threaten the US East Coast as a category...

The Bermuda Independence Commission quietly delivered its report to Government yesterday, but the public will have to wait another month to see it. The report, which has been more than a year in the making, may be one of the most keenly awaited docum...

I first heard the numbers from sociologist Andrew Billingsley: In 1890, 80 percent of black American households were headed by husbands and wives. That's just 25 years after the end of the Civil War. In 1900, the percentage was mostly unchanged, and ...

End the noise pollution This was sent to and copied to the Sustainable Development Team. August 8, 2005 Dear Sir, I?ve noticed a few letters this past year about noise pollution; most recently the topic was mentioned in a letter by tourists from Flo...

Last Friday I returned from a four-day trip to Boston. Staggering back through the airport with bags bursting with my purchases, surrounded by Bermudians similarly laden down, I began to wonder just how effective the Buy Bermuda campaign really is. I...

I had always been under the impression that boycotting was a point of pride for PLP Cabinet Ministers. So it was a surprise to see the Minister of Education himself responding to my column of July 26 entitled ?The Abysmal State of Our Schools?, whic...

Another blow August 4, 2005 Dear Sir, When I think of an ideal Bermuda for Bermudians, it is a country where our people's needs are put before all others. When I think of a Bermuda for Bermudians I think of an Island where the opportunities are endle...

August 2, 2005 Dear Sir, I would like to respond to S.M. Simons of Sandys. This person's opinion of the music played on the fast ferries is totally biased and out of order. As a worker on the fast ferry there are pluses for playing music and watching...